How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19606: Cannot copy or restore to snapshot control file?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19606: Cannot copy or restore to snapshot control file with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19606: Cannot copy or restore to snapshot control file

Reason for the Error ORA-19606: Cannot copy or restore to snapshot control file

A control file copy or restore operation specified the name of the snapshot control file as the output file. It is not permitted to overwrite the snapshot control file in this manner. Other methods are available to create the snapshot control file.

How to fix the Error ORA-19606: Cannot copy or restore to snapshot control file ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Specify a different file name and retry the operation. If this is a restore, then the restore conversation remains active and more files may be specified.